Child s adjustable chair



(No Model.)

0. P. GIFPORD.

CHILD'S ADJUSTABLE CHAIR.

No. 397,851. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.. I

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

CYRUS I. GIFFORI), l N ORTH EAJT, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHILDS ADJUSTABLE CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,851, dated February 1.2, 1889.

I Application filed April 30, 1888. Serial No. 272,372. (No model.)

To all whom it may conceive:

Be it known that I, CYRUS P. GIFFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at North East, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Childs Adjustable Chair; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as .will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in the improvements in a childs adjustable chair, hereinafter set forth and explained, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the chair adj usted for use as a high chair. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the same adjusted for use as a rocking-chair. Fig. 3 shows a rear elevation of the same adjusted for use as a high chair.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures. 1

In the construction of my improved childs adjustable chair the seat A, back 3, and arms 0 are of usual and ordinary construction, having a foot-rest, D, secured to the front a of the seat A by downwardly-projecting arms E, so that the foot-rest D will move up and down with the seat A. To each side of the front a of the seat A, I secure the ends I) of the braces F, which are pivoted at their centersf' to the brace G, crossing the braces F diagonally, by means of a round extending from one side of the chair to the other, the upper ends, (I, of the braces (it being directly under the rear end, 6, of the seat A, where they are held in place when the chair is raised, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, by means of the springcatches .I-I, preferably made oi stit't wires, and secured at the front end, (1., of the seat A, the free ends thereof being secured to a round, g, for convenience in handling the catch II. The upper ends, (7, ot' the cross-pieces G are also connected by means of a round, 11, with which the catches II engage.

To the braces I and G are pivoted like braces, I and .I, crossin each other diagonally, these braces being also pivoted together at their centers i by means of a round from one side of the chair to the other. To the lower ends of the braces I and J, I pivot other braces, K and L, crossing each other diagonally, and being pivoted together at their oentersj, and likewise connected by rounds from one side of the chair to the other.

To the lower ends of the braces K, I pivot the front end of the rockers M, the front and rear ends of the rockers M being connected together by means of rounds I; and Z from one to the other. In each of the rockers M, near the rear ends thereof, I place short standards m, upon which the upper ends, 12, of the braces K rest when the chair is adjusted for use as a rocking-chair. To a round, 0, near the end of the brace K, I secure spring-catches N, adapted to engage with a round, p, near the lower ends of the braces Ii when. the chair is adjusted for use as a high chair, the outer ends of the braces N being connected together by a round, P, for convenience in ope 'ating the catches I To the back end, 6, of the chair-seat A, I pivot a hook, Q, adapted to engage with an eye, R, in the round r, between the ends a of the braces K, so that when the chair is adjusted as a rocker the parts are held firmly together.

I11 the upper edges of the lower ends of the braces K, I make small notches S, adapted to receive small lugs T on the lower ends of the arms E when the chair is adjusted as a rocker, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

At the points where the braces F, G, I, .I, K, and L are pivoted togetherIpreferably insert rounds, (some of which are shown in Fig. 3,) which operate as braces to stiffen the frame when adjusted as a high chair. The operation of my improved chair is so obvious that further description thcreol isdeemed unnecessary.

I'Iavingthns described my invcntiomso as to enable others to make and use the same,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iaten t of the United States, is-

1. The combination, in a childs adj ustable chair, of adjustaliile braces pivoted together for supporting the chair-seat, the upper ends of one pair oi said braces being pivoted to the front of the chair-seat and the upper ends of the other on gagin g with a catch at the rear of ICC the chair-seat, with rockers the front ends of front end of the seat A, having projecting which are pivoted to the lower ends of one catches T thereomwith notches Sin the braces pair of said braces and the lower ends of the K, substantially as and for the purpose set other pair engaging with a catch at the rear forth. I5

5 of the roekors, and a foot-rest suspended by In testimony whereof I nlfix n'lysig'lmture in arms from the Jfront end of theehuir eatand jn'osenee oftwo witnesses.

adapted to engage with notches in the braces 1 7' 1 0 i a when the Chan 13 olosed together, snhetnn- (A BUS P GIFI 0RD tially as and for the purpose set forth. \Vitmmees: IO 2. The combination, in a childs adjustable E. E. SULLIVEN,

chair, of a Footrest, D, suspended from the B. E. HILLMAN. 

